There is still time to register! Design for Manufacture December 4, 2006 - Fredericksburg, VA Hosted by Colonial Circuits Designing printed boards is more difficult today than ever before. Printed board designers are faced with the continuing design issues of surface mount vs. through-hole technology, what materials to use, board size and layer count, how to incorporate electrical testing, what new specifications are being used in the design process and many other topics. The IPC Design for Manufacture Workshop will acquaint designers with increasingly sophisticated PCB fabrication technologies. The course will address trade-offs for designs that have both through-hole and surface mount components; the differences between rigid and flexible printed boards; and the tolerance characteristics that make sense using the capabilities of today's manufacturing equipment. This workshop has been designed to be held "on location" where each topic can be discussed and then reviewed in tours through a manufacturing facility. Compliant Electronics for EU Applications December 5-6, 2006 - Fredericksburg, VA Hosted by Colonial Circuits Complying with the regulations developed by the European Union is becoming the biggest challenge facing designers, fabricators, and assemblers that participate in the electronics interconnecting industry. The development of new rules that restrict the use of certain substances in electronics has caught the imagination of legislators throughout the world. As a result it is now required to not only design reliable products and have them built under high quality conditions, but also to define the materials that were used in producing the end product. This two-day workshop explores the actions necessary to be an active player in tomorrow's world of data management. Both of these workshops are a must for anyone designing printed boards. Other technologists who should attend the workshop are packaging and reliability engineers, process or manufacturing engineers, as well as purchasing personnel. All will benefit from the design solutions this workshop will provide. Please place and select the following link into your browser: http://www.ipc.org/calendar/2006/DFM_CCI_1206/DFMCCI_1206.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------